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I read the whole of this a few months back when I was very down indeed, and remember thinking parts of it read like a satire of the author's own philosophy. The endless bits about humanity conquering nature to rule among the stars seem insane, but having the main character continue to promote them in a world where rationality itself has broken down seems just to highlight how very hubristic that sort of philosophy is. Having said that I still think there's a lot to like in HP:MOR; I thought what it did with the dementors in particular was a very clever reinterpretation. I've noticed reading the reviews of it that almost everyone despises the whole thing while a small number think it's the best thing ever, and I wonder if this is maybe a book that would appeal very much to some people on the autistic spectrum and not at all to everyone else? "Isolated genius protagonist points out problems in popular fantasy series" is more or less the most autistic spectrumy pitch I can imagine, and as someone who is on the spectrum I suspect I was going "my heavens, isn't this great?" at bits where everyone else just winced.
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Moddington posted:How is reinterpreting the grim reaper look-alikes as personifications of death 'very clever'? I thought the idea that animals could repeal them because they didn't understand death as a concept was clever, as was the idea that the dread of them approaching was the dread of death. Also the idea of nobody realising due to not wanting to confront what they were, I think, because the wizarding world in Harry Potter does often come across as a place where people actively avoid thinking about things that scare them or that they don't understand. I like most of the bits where Harry is able to solve problems through not being scared, actually, they resonate with me in a way that "I used timeless theories of quantum physics to transfigure some glass" do not.
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